Physiological roles of hydrogen sulfide in mammalian cells, tissues, and organs

G Cirino, C Szabo… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Over the last two decades, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as an endogenous
regulator of a broad range of physiological functions. H2S belongs to the class of molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of blood brain barrier dysfunction during chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in vascular cognitive impairment

V Rajeev, DY Fann, QN Dinh, HA Kim, TM De Silva… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of cerebrovascular disease increases with age, placing the elderly at a
greater lifetime risk for dementia. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) encompasses a …

Breaking through the basement membrane barrier to improve nanotherapeutic delivery to tumours

Q Wang, Q Liang, J Dou, H Zhou, C Zeng, H Pan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
An effective nanotherapeutic transport from the vasculature to the tumour is crucial for
cancer treatment with minimal side effects. Here we demonstrate that, in addition to the …

Engineering tumoral vascular leakiness with gold nanoparticles

MI Setyawati, Q Wang, N Ni, JK Tee, K Ariga… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Delivering cancer therapeutics to tumors necessitates their escape from the surrounding
blood vessels. Tumor vasculatures are not always sufficiently leaky. Herein, we engineer …

The blood–retina barrier in health and disease

F O'Leary, M Campbell - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The blood–retina barrier (BRB) is the term used to define the properties of the retinal
capillaries and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), which separate the systemic circulation …

Tight junction in the intestinal epithelium: its association with diseases and regulation by phytochemicals

B Lee, KM Moon, CY Kim - Journal of immunology research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The intestine plays an essential role in integrating immunity and nutrient digestion and
absorption. Adjacent intestinal epithelia form tight junctions (TJs) that are essential to the …

Role of hippo pathway-YAP/TAZ signaling in angiogenesis

GTK Boopathy, W Hong - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis is a highly coordinated process of formation of new blood vessels from pre-
existing blood vessels. The process of development of the proper vascular network is a …

Integrity of the intestinal barrier: the involvement of epithelial cells and microbiota—a mutual relationship

M Gieryńska, L Szulc-Dąbrowska, J Struzik… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The gastrointestinal tract is a complex organization of various types of
epithelial cells forming a single layer of the mucosal barrier, the host mucosal immune …

Blood–spinal cord barrier in spinal cord injury: a review

LY Jin, J Li, KF Wang, WW Xia, ZQ Zhu… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
The blood–spinal cord barrier (BSCB), a physical barrier between the blood and spinal cord
parenchyma, prevents the toxins, blood cells, and pathogens from entering the spinal cord …

Resveratrol and endothelial function: A literature review

N Parsamanesh, A Asghari, S Sardari… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Endothelial dysfunction is a major contributing factor to diseases such as atherosclerosis,
diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, acute lung injury, preeclampsia, among others …